[TheThinkTank] Women and Trans Night

[freeridemp at riseup.net]

Hey Bike Shops,
Does anyone else hold a Women and Trans night or Ladies' night? I know
Plan B does. We had a weekly one last summer and will be having another
this summer. The women who have held the shift have found it effective to
keep the shift exclusive, closed to male-bodied masculine-identifying
people. We have had a backlash from one of our members, who accuses us of
sexism, discrimination, and injustice. We have gotten some incomplete and
bad press.

Please let me know if you hold a shift like this one, exclusive or not,
and what you have done about any complaints your membership or community
has had.

Thanks,
Colin Gunn
Freeride Montpelier
Montpelier, VT
www.freeridemontpelier.org